Home & Garden briefs, Saturday, June 6

The Pocono Garden Club will hold its next meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Monroe County Environmental Center, Kettle Creek.

The Pocono Garden Club will hold its next meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Monroe County Environmental Center, Kettle Creek.

The monthly design, titled "Summertime Stretch," is a triple stretch arrangement using fresh materials in three identical containers that are connected.

The horticulture entry is a single stem of a lily (any type) in a clear glass container. The houseplant entry is any flowering houseplant, including succulents or cacti. All exhibits should be submitted one-half hour before the meeting.

A presentation on floral design will be given by Jim Conger, owner of Imaginations, Tannersville. Everyone interested in gardening is welcome.

For more information, contact club president Joyce Love at 570-629-0574 or email her at lovemj@ptd.net.

Join the Monroe County Garden Cub from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 29, for a tour of nine beautiful and striking gardens in Monroe County. The tour will highlight gardens in East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg and Henryville. The garden tour will be held rain or shine.

Purchase tickets from 9 a.m. to noon in front of the following two locations (not inside): Trackside Bar and Grill (formerly Dansbury Depot), 50 Crystal St., East Stroudsburg, and Werkheiser's Garden Center (next to ESSA Bank), Route 611, Tannersville Plaza. Tickets are $8 for garden club members and $10 for non-members. Children under 12 free. Proceeds benefit the garden club's scholarship fund.

The Monroe County Garden Club is a member of District II/III of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania www.pagardenclubs.org; a member of the National Garden Club www.gardenclub.org and the Central Atlantic Region www.ngcar.org. For more information, contact Sheila Bortree at 570-629-0279 or president Carol Akam at 570-897-6433 or akamc@frontiernet.net

If We Build It ... Dogs Can Run Yard Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at TLC Park, corner of routes 611 and 715 in Tannersville.

There will be a walk through the Tannersville Bog from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 23, led by an environmental educator.

June is the month for the widest variety of wildflowers blooming in the bog. Meet at the bog parking lot.

Pre-registration is required by Saturday, June 22.

Guided walks in the bog are held each Wednesday starting on June 12 through Sept. 11 and begin at 10 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. These walks will be guided by an environmental educator. Cost is $6 for non-members, $4 for center or Nature Conservancy members and children under 12. Wear appropriate footwear — no open-toed shoes or sandals.

Call 570-629-3061 for more information.

Environmental educator and Barrett Township resident Darryl Speicher will lead a hike through open space lands, beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 17. Located on the border of Pike County along Route 447 in Barrett Township, the Mount Wismer Nature Preserve is an excellent example of the forested slopes of the Pocono escarpment.

The trail culminates with one of the most spectacular views in Monroe County. Participants will peer across the breadth of the Brodhead Creek watershed from the very edge of the Pocono Plateau to the Delaware Water Gap and beyond. The hike is moderately strenuous and will take approximately 2½ hours. The group will meet at the gate for the Mount Wismer Preserve off of Route 447 north of Canadensis, on the border with Pike County. Cost is $5 for nonmembers, $3 for members and children under 12

To register for the program and directions to Mount Wismer, call 570-629-3061.

A free outdoor film screening of an original documentary that explores how the nation's conservation movement started in Milford will be shown on the lawn of Grey Towers at dusk (approximately 7:30 p.m.) Saturday, June 15.

Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot, filmed by the regional Public Broadcast System WVIA, highlights Pinchot's philosophy of natural resource conservation through sustainable use and how that legacy continues today.

Pinchot, two-term governor of Pennsylvania, was the founder and first chief of the U.S. Forest Service. He and President Theodore Roosevelt introduced the concept of conservation and wise use of America's natural resources at a time when the nation was heading toward a timber famine.

The film will be shown rain or shine in the outdoor amphitheater or the tented terrace area (bring a picnic dinner, blankets and/or lawn chairs).

For more information, call 570-296-9630 or email greytowers@fs.fed.us.

The Shawnee Market is open from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays. There is no cost to attend the Shawnee Market which corresponds with The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort's Summer Community Concert Series.

The Shawnee Market focuses on providing the community an opportunity to purchase locally made and raised goods spanning from produce and pastries to soaps and jewelry. All of the items for sale are handmade by local suppliers.

The Shawnee Market is seeking additional vendors.

For more information about applying, vendors can contact Tammy at The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort at 570-424-4050 ext. 1405 or emailing sales@shawneeinn.com.

On Saturday, June 15, the Environmental Education Center will sponsor a Family Scavenger hunt program at 10 a.m. Participants will be given a list of natural objects to find and then will walk on one of the trails at Kettle Creek with EE Coordinator Roger Spotts.

Prizes will be awarded to all participants during this two-hour program. Cost is $5 for non-members, $3 for center member and children under 12.

For more information or to pre-register for the program, call the Center at 570-629-3061, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and most Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

On Saturday, June 15, the third annual Cherry Valley Festival will be held to celebrate the unique natural environmental qualities of the valley and raise awareness of conservation efforts underway.

The Brodhead Watershed Association (BWA), a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing public understanding of conservation and water issues is organizing the event in collaboration with the Josie Porter Farm.

The festival, held at the Josie Porter Farm, Cherry Valley Road, Stroudsburg, will run from 10 am. to 5 p.m., rain or shine.

Planned events include educational speakers, nature walks, demonstrations and environmentally themed vendors, arts and crafts. In addition, there will be food, raffle items, and a silent auction with proceeds benefiting BWA.

Live entertainment throughout the day will include strolling musicians from the Pocono Bluegrass & Folk Society. The festival is free to the public.

Directions and more information on the farm and the festival are available on the farm's website josieporterfarm.com

Milford Valley Quilters' Guild announces its 2013 Quilt Show: "Stitching in the Valley" from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 22 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 22 at Delaware Valley School, Routes 209 and 6, Milford. The judged show will feature more than 200 quilts, with vendors, door prizes, quilt raffle and demonstrations.

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